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G. H. ALTON.

l BUTTON SETTING INSTRUMENT.

No. 288,458. 8 1888811888 Augyzl, 1888.

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GEORGE H. ALTON, OF LYNN,'1\L&SSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE BELLE YPATENT BUTTON FASTENING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.`

BUTTON-SETTING INSTRUM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,453, dated August21, 188?.

Application filed June 30,1883. (No model.)

vTo @ZZ whom it may concern):

Beit known that I,- Gnoner. H. Auron, of Lynn,` county oi Essex, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Button-SettingInstruments, of which the following description, in connection with theaccomto pierce the material and be clinched aboutv the eye of thebutton.. The y implement employed in this instance consists,essentially, of two members, shown as jaws pivoted together and havinghandles to operate like pliers, one ofthe said members beingprovidedwith a tackholding device to engage the head of the fastening ortackand hold it in proper position to pierce the material when themembers or jaws are forced together by the handles. The other Vjaw ormember has an anvil-piece provided at its upper face, at opposite sidesof the post about which the anvil is made to turn, with aelinching-surface, and with an opening to receive the point or shank ofthe tack, the said anvil, when in one position, operating as a supportfor the material, ,as when the tack or single-pronged fastening isforced through it the tack then entering the said opening, whilein itsother or second position the anvil-face presents a climbing-surfaceopposite the point of the tack, so that when the jaws are again pressedtogether, a vbutton having been hung upon the tack previously insertedthrough the leather, the point of the tack, by meeting the saidclinchingsurface, will be bent or clinched around the shank of thebutton, fasteningit 4o securely. Alocking or holding device is einployedto retain the anvil-piece in proper position to (5o-operate with thetack held by the other jaw, and the anvil-piece is provided with athumb-nut, by which to turn it.

Figure 1 is a side elevation and a partial section of a button-settingimplement embodying this invention, the jaws being open; Fig. 2, a`

similar view, partly in longitudinal section, a tack having been forcedthrough the material;

5o and Fi g. 3 is a face view of the anvil-piece.

The implement consists, mainly, of two mem- 'bers or jaws, c b, providedwith handles c d,

and pivoted Vtogether by a pivot, c, the said members being acted uponby a suitable spring tending to separate the jaws.

The' jaw (f. is provided with a tack-holding vice, consisting of a seat,h, to receive the head of the tack w, and a forked spring, 1'., adaptedto engage the under side of the said head, embrace the shank or point ofthe tack, and hold 6o it securely in the said seat, as shownin Figs. 1and 2.

The co-operating jaw b is provided with a movable anvil-piece, It, theunder side of which is seated upon the said jaw, and which is heldthereon by the post m, which receives the thumb-nut s, the latter, inengagement with Vthe post, serving as the pivot or center of motion forthe anvil-piece. v

The upper side of the anvil-piece is pro- 7o vided, at one side of thecenter of the post m, with an opening, n, and atsthe other `side ofthe'center of the said post witlra clinchingsurface, p, and the saidanvil-piece is turned, when desired, by the opera-tor engaging thethumb-piece s. Vhen the anvil-piece is turned to place the opening '11.opposite the point of the tack held upon the jaw a, as in Fig. 1, thesaid opening will receive the shank of the said tack when the jaws arepressed together to 8o force the point of the tack through the leatheryor other material t, resting against the face of the anvilpiece 7c andsupported thereby. Then the clinching-surface p of the anvilpiece isrotated to place the said surface opposite the point of the tack held bythe jaw c, the said point will be curled over or be clinched when thejaws are forced together. The holding or locking device o (shown in Fig.l) has a spring-pressed stud which engages the 9o thumb-nut s, holdingit in proper position with relation to the jaw b and the tack held bythejaw a. The said holding device yields when the anvil-piece k is forciblyturned on its pivot by the operator.

When the apparatus is in use, the post m will be substantially invertical position, and

the anvil-piece k, supported at its under side, l

so as not to tip or rock, will rotate in a plane parallel with relationto the face ofthe jaw b.' roo In operation a tack isplaced in thetack-holding device h i, and the material to which the button is to befastened is placed on the face of the anvil-piece 7c, which is then heldby the device o, with the opening or passage n in position to receivethe point of the tack, after which the jaws are pressed together,forcingy the tack through the material and into the passage n Withoutbending its shank. 'Ihe jaws are then permitted to separate, thematerial remaining upon the shank of the tack, and close to its head,and the eye of the button-shank is1 then placed over the shank of thesaid tack, as shown in Fig. 2. `The anvil-piece k is then turned by theoperator, who engages the thumb-nut s, thus presenting theclinchingsurface p opposite the point of the tack, when the `jaws areagain pressed together, and the provided with atack-holding device, andthe other with apivoted anvil-piece, having at its face an opening orpassage to receive the point of the tack Without bending it, and aclinching-surface to operate upon the point of the tack and clinch. itabout a button-shank, the said opening or passage and the saidclinching-surface being at opposite sides of the cen- 3 5 ter ofrotation or pivot of the said anvil-piece, and the latter being arrangedto rotate in the plane of the face of the jaw supporting it, allsubstantially as described.

2. In a button-setting implement, the com- 4o bination of one member orjaw provided with a tack-holding device, of the co-operating memberprovided with a pivoted anvil-piece having a tack-receiving opening, n,and a clinching-surface, 19,'at its face, and a holding device, 4.5

o, whereby the said anvil-piece is retainedin proper position withrelation to the tack'held by the other member of the implement,substantially as described.

3. In a button-setting implement, the com- 5o bination of one member orjaw provided with atack-holding device, ofthe co-operating memA berprovided with a pivoted anvil-piece hav-` ing a tack-receiving opening,n, and a clinching-surface, p, at its face, and having a 4p'ost 5 5provided with a thumb-nut by which the said anvil-piece may be turned,and a locking device to hold the saidanvil-piece in operative position,all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. H. AL'ION.

Vitnesses:

Jos. P. LIvnRMonn, BERNrcn J. NoYEs.

